5 FREE, and little prep ways to entertain your child

1. Puppet fun. Draw on your hands to make little puppets. Demonstrate to your child how to make her hand talk and sing or have an older sibling teach or a puppet show. Check out “Puppets and 5 Traveling Tips” for more ideas.

3. Print an activity binder. Use this site’s free printable page for sites with fantastic printables to help provide coloring pages, games, and puzzles.

4. Create your own bubbles! Take an empty water bottle from the trip, fill it with water and soap. Seal it VERY TIGHTLY and shake! Demonstrate to your child how to make more bubbles. For added safety, use duct tape to seal it even better.

5. Make use of audio books. Libraries have great selections! Look also at free podcasts if you already own a smart phone or ipod.

Question: What other free things have you found to entertain your kids?

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Welcome to a site dedicated to parents trying to sanely {and happily} travel with their young kiddos. Come find tips on car and plane traveling to make your family travels easier, and filled with smiles from your sweet kids. Keep coming back for new exciting content :)

I'm Laura--mother to 3, early childhood teacher, and wife of a travel photographer. As a family, we enjoy traveling all over, camping, cooking, and basically anything outdoors. I also have a book in the works filled with ideas for car traveling.

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